See “Float” and “Drunk on God.”
Float
Composition as well as parts in Hemphill’s hand for alto saxophone, trumpet, guitar, and bass, found in Music Manuscript Notebook 6 (MMN6). The notebook also includes a fragmentary score titled “After the original Float,” perhaps suggesting an extension of this work at a later date.
From Marty Ehrlich: An examination of the score suggests that this piece is related to”Floating,” one of the movements in the big-band suite Drunk on God.
Found on: Julius Hemphill Big Band.
Flair
Forty-measure composition for two flutes, alto flute, and bass clarinet (an instrumentation sometimes used by the World Saxophone Quartet). The archive has the professionally copied parts in manuscript. This piece was included on the album At Dr. King’s Table (1997), released after Hemphill’s death. “Flair” also appears as one of the movements in the suite Wind/Rhythms.
Found on: At Dr. King’s Table.
Flat-Out Jump Suite
Twenty-measure composition for trumpet, tenor saxophone, cello/bass, and drums. Parts and scores include this title. There is an alto saxophone transposition of the trumpet part in Marty Ehrlich’s hand. This piece is titled “Body” on the album Flat-Out Jump Suite (1980).
Found on: Flat-Out Jump Suite.
Fixed Signs
The archive includes professionally copied parts in manuscript for saxophone quartet with woodwind doubling (two soprano saxophones, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet). The instrumentation suggests that it would have been performed by the World Saxophone Quartet, though it does not appear on any known commercial or archival recording.